Cary Grant's Best Moments in Arsenic and Old Lace

[@ferabra8939]

Cary Grant.... what an actor. He's so over the top in this movie, and yet it doesn't feel forced. Everything he did felt natural. Walking, talking, kissing, smiling, jumping, falling, running...And he was the most handsome man till ghe day he passed.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Fer Abra he hated his acting in this movie...because he said he was overacting! But I just adored his reactions! ❤️💕

[@cazia9]

I think it’s bc everyone around Mortimer is clearly insane and he is actually trying to manage his own panic and everyone’s emotions, that’s where the comedy is derived

[@lopa2828]

Oh Mortimer 😈😈

[@BeeWhistler]

I've seen people complain that Cary Grant overacts in this film. But the choice is so spot on. You just get the impression that Mortimer is nice and calm when things stay predictable and familiar, but the second they aren't, he can't cope and starts to lose it. And it's hilarious. Besides, he takes the audience with him the whole way through every silent look of transforming shock and realization.

[@stephenreeds3672]

In this film over acting was all he cld do. Everyone else is so dead pan. Perfect portrayal.

[@booknooky9436]

Grant himself singled out this film as his least favorite because he felt he over acted, but it's hilarious all the same mainly do to his outlandish behavior. A complete departure from his often understated demeanor in many films. Compare this to the Bishop's Wife where he's just sort of an angelic statue throughout.

[@nancyperlman3884]

@@booknooky9436 he always believed that he was a 'ham' in all his films. But in AAOL he was asked to overact in his performance by the director, who he worked with after 2-3 times & thanks in his 1970 Honorary Oscar speech for his patience.

[@thepayne7862]

Even if Grant himself said he was overacting to me that makes the movie that much better. I watch it at least once or twice a year.

[@lopa2828]

May be he overacted but when tied up his silent expressions were superb, one moment anger, one moment despair, one moment frustrution and so on and lots of physical comedy of which he was master of. I liked his expressions here. And your exlantuons of his character was excellent : Bee Whistler

[@tenhirankei]

Everyone should watch at least one Cary Grant comedy in their lifetime. Maybe all of his movies.

[@marybaldwin8572]

tenhirankei yes

[@oldhatcinema]

Amen to that.

[@hannahtasticness13]

He was and will always be the most handsome actor of all time.

[@tamberlygranite4825]

One of a kind

[@valoriebritton2047]

Absolutely agree! He was gorgeous, a class act, and so debonair.

[@Valkonnen]

As a guy I can tell you that he is extraordinarily good looking. Perfect hair and the tailored suit makes him striking.

[@dr.a.995]

I am really impressed with his double takes as when he finds the first body. Top stuff and hard to do. One of the best “Halloween” movies ever. No blood, guts, or even corpses.

[@tonymorris1473]

It's a real shame that Hollywood never saw fit to give an Oscar to great comedic actors.....especially given the fact that doing good comedy requires much more talent than serious roles.....Carey Grant deserved more than one.

[@tenhirankei]

What's the saying - dying is easy, comedy is hard!

[@cazia9]

The thing that truly sells this performance from Cary Grant is the fact that Mortimer has legitimate reason to react this way - everyone around him has clearly lost every one of their marbles and they’re so calm about it he is the only one loving in the real world thinking of consequences

[@maryanneneedham5332]

Cary Grant’s ‘over acting’ is made even funnier by Raymond. Massey’s deadpan. It led to one of the best lines, “Where did you get that face? Hollywood?” It’s the contrasts between Mortimer, the aunts (simple incomprehension of the situation) and Jonathan that make this film really work.

[@oldhatcinema]

I haven't seen this movie for three and a half years, and it was the first Cary Grant film I ever saw. I cracked up so hard watching this; it was pure joy. Thank you for this.

[@Antoinette733]

I just finished seeing this movie at a local theatre today showing classics on the big screen. Perfection! Absolutely don't make them like this anymore. Cary Grant's comedic talents are superb! Laughed all the way through and left the theatre with a smile on my face, forgetting all my troubles.

[@mauragarofalo8884]

I just finished seeing the piece in a national theatre in rome: though the actors were quite good no one can match grant's priceless timing

[@mickeymousebiker1]

One of THE best -- ever. I liked Peter Lorre in this one, as well -- the heavy-lidded sleepy-eyes and the "henh, henh" laugh from Lorre gets me every time! Cary Grant's performance in this should have earned him an Oscar.

[@leonoranicolaysen2784]

Peter Lorre was brilliant.

[@kimberlyselby4918]

We have some great actors now but they don't even compare to the actors in Hollywood in the 1930's, 40's and 50's. Untouchable!!!!!

[@LauraGarcia-lm9pg]

Kimberly Selby also the remakes they still do are NOTHING to do comparing with the original...look at Sabrina’s second version or many others

[@ditterokvist5975]

Truth🙏

[@unsinnkim3690]

let's hope there will NEVER be a remake!!

[@AManOfFocusCommitmentSheerWill]

80 years later. Still going 🤞🏽

[@wiedep]

How could anybody NOT like this?

[@snavgm]

Watching it - I felt he was overacting., All through out the film. Made me uncomfortable.

[@missprive5321]

I love this film and Cary Grant so much 😍❤💕

[@keepkeepingon6386]

I love Cary Grant. Too Funny "oh darling I am not throwing you out of the house" I have watched this film many times and every time it is funny to me. Love it-- those 2 little old ladies are so hilarious - "Don't be so impatient Mortimer- you can lick the bowl later!!!Lol

[@ebonywahine]

I just cracked up over and over again! Suave and Handsome Cary Grant is hilarious in this great film. I have wonderful memories of watching this film late one evening with my younger brother at home over the holdays and trying not to wake up the parents with our laughter!

[@MickPsyphon]

Cary Grant is my favourite actor of all time! Arsenic and Old Lace is one of his more entertaining roles. He really should have won an Oscar for it. Nevertheless, it really demonstrated his comedic range... apart from his previous roles.

[@bettyshortsleeve8248]

Cary grant is so funny in this movie omg I love the old 1920s ,30sand 1940s movies there better than any movies now and days

[@lebogangmogotlhwane2337]

"For god's sake, put your shirt on", "when you say others, you mean others"....this is one of my fav movies.

[@josecandal9412]

One of my favorite classic movies. Cary Grant is absolutely hilarious in this Frank Capra directed masterpiece. A must see for Cary Grant fans.

[@joshuaplotkin8826]

I loved this movie. Some of the best scenes were those that didn't have lines. Like when Mortimer sees Jonathan on the window seat and realizes who the murder was.

[@freddiwith1288]

The best double take ever when he finds the body om the window seat! Nothing more appealing than a good lookin' guy who can be so silly! And he's just wonderful in Penny Serenade. Does the most touching scene when he's begging the authorities to let him and his wife keep the adoptive child Such versatility. Now THAT's what I call a great actor.

[@justmepercy720]

He also does a great double take in the elevator in My Favourite Wife. Sort of a diagonal double take.

[@catherinelw9365]

@@justmepercy720 I LOVE that elevator scene! His physicality in comedy was brilliant!

[@rhondaseskevics1085]

That scene in Penny Serenade always makes me cry! Mr.Grant will always be my favorite actor. He was great in all genres of film.

[@kimberlyselby4918]

Just love this movie it is so funny Cary Grant amazing.

[@rackinfrackin]

Grant made three of the greatest comedies of all time: BRINGING UP BABY, HIS GIRL FRIDAY and this masterpiece. He's brilliant (and hilarious!) in all of them.

[@janetbowman1555]

Don't forget Father Goose, where he used his great facial expressions instead of lines!

[@arturocostantino623]

Don’t forget Philadelphia Story

[@yankeegirl5175]

I love Topper too!

[@yankeegirl5175]

The "intercostal clavicle!" 😂😂

[@ess5431]

There are much more brilliant movies Cary Grant took part in.

[@Leafawn]

I know Cary Grant didn't like his performance in Arsenic and Old Lace, and yes it was far less subtle than his normal comedy acting, but the guy was a comic genius and you can't help but love it all the same! Thanks for posting

[@chellywalker9861]

"Do you wanna be murdered, Do you want to be killed?!" I love this movie! It's one of my favorites.

[@brianhilliard2260]

One of THE greatest comedic performances by any one in motion pictures. Cary Grant is absolutely perfect in pulling this off.

[@steviechan5923]

Darling, I'm not throwing you out of the house! I'm not throwing you out of the house! Will you get out of here?! XD

[@mollybaughmanbyhhhnhnhhnnh2938]

Stevie Chan mk

[@lobamonster4766]

OK BUT LOOK HOW HE CARRIES HER BRO

[@lobamonster4766]

Shiiittt i want to get carried like that omggg

[@KayHarpaGone]

OMG ! I do love this movie so much !

[@Nicolethirty4]

Arsenic and Old Lace is one of my all time favorite movies. Mom is fond of our older classic movies.... famous or not, and so I watched movies like this growing up, and I'm a 90s baby. Lol. Not many kids my age know this movie. I grew up watching this... I LOVE this movie and Cary Grant. Thanks for uploading. It's so funny! :)

[@missprive5321]

Nikki Breanne well, you have an excellent taste in films.

[@whisperofthebookworm5341]

Nikki Breanne I was born in 2001 and I love this movie! One of my favorites, along with many others with Cary Grant.

[@DropkickNation]

Nikki Breanne 24 year old here.

[@Justin_Langer]

I born on 1997.in india.From kerala our mothertongue is malayalam.Still i watch these movies

[@lyannawinter405]

Uuuh, looks like I found my people

[@franvansiclen7040]

one of the best- cary was the best !!!!

[@1515327E]

"Elaine, insanity runs in my family...it practically gallops."

[@M1710100]

I've just read that the queery brother role was written especially for Boris Karloff... This role, or indeed the whole film looks like it has been written especially for Cary Grant!!! Looks like he was born just to play this part!!! Absolutely fabulous!!! :) :) :) Thanks, Cary!!!

[@ashleypenn7845]

Remember this one from Drama class. I had a barrel of fun playing Aunt Abby! :)

[@moiradarlinger9688]

NOT overdone! I saw this decades ago and the second it was for sale on VHS I bought it, and replaced it on DVD~One of the GREATEST comedies of All time!

[@samosullivan1744]

One of the greatest comic actors ever!

[@cherylcouch-thomas8250]

I love this movie so much! Cary Grant's portrayal of Mortimer Brewster is sublime, urbane and yet a wee bit neurotic. The writing is tight, the directing is amazing. I have watched this film every year before Halloween as long as I can remember.

[@wiedep]

Grant may have thought that his performance was 'over-the-top' but because of the start of the War, the reshoots were never done and we're better off because his comic timing was priceless!

[@lizsyms4218]

I love it when Cary looks at the camera. Priceless

[@D22DW]

🤣🤣🤣🤣omg I love arsenic and old lace but this compilation definitely has me in tears🤣🤣 Cary Grant was just so amazingly funny❤

[@66kprdwd]

Cary Grant at his absolute best!! He had such a great talent for screwball comedies and serious dramas. I just love this movie even though it starts with establishing that it is Halloween and yet it shows the Brooklyn Dodgers playing.

[@maureenavena33]

thanks so much for posting!! Cary Grant did an amazing job in this movie!!

[@ChrisOnStage2]

Y'know, I've seen the stage play maybe five times in my life and NO ONE has ever come close to matching Cary Grant's manic energy and acting on stage. They just don't "get it" when it comes to the character! They either play him too docile or too aloof. THIS is how you play Mortimer!!

[@joyousbloom731]

So suave, yet so funny - one of the best comic faces ever while still being so handsome!

[@cynthiaennis3107]

I just loved Cary Grant in this! I loved his reactions! Though I’ve read several times that he hated his “over” acting in this movie! Thanks! It was so funny...I watched repeatedly! ❤️

[@expediter99]

I have watched the movie numerous times- always a laugh. Our sons' high school drama produced the play; it followed the movie perfectly- Jonathan was tall and lanky, the doctor short and round. It was wonderful. But- I got in major trouble. We were sitting at the back of the auditorium, and I was anticipating every move and reacting earlier than anyone else. I started laughing BEFORE Jonathan and Mortimer made the dash to the window seat. My wife told me to "cut it out- people are turning around and looking at you!" I couldn't help it! Also, in the colorized version, the technicians didn't do the view of the kitchen as the aunts would go in and out.

[@josie4065]

What a legend.

[@dodieodie498]

One of my favorite movies. Would have been great to see this on the stage.

[@iSeahorseFur]

Genius. Cary Grant is a genius!

[@David-ve5iq]

The bit where he goes YOW!!! at the old guy about to drink the arsenic is probably the funniest bit.

[@furassicpark7642]

I love it when Mortimer's on the phone saying "Sanitarium! Sanitarium! Sanitarium!" to the operator, sounding totally unhinged and loony. 😂 Cary Grant was just the best.

[@foxy70yearsago37]

He was my great-great grandad. So proud of him. Wish I got to meet him though. :)

[@bodeine454]

Really?

[@fryaxoof2521]

Cary Grant is so much in this movie. Cary Grant is always good.

[@Talbot-8520]

2:50 - 3:10 Just let the camera roll and tell Cary to act as hammy as he can for as long as he needs to. Love this sequence.

[@phillisburnett7747]

Glad you enjoyed it. None of my kids or grandkids understand it. i have stayed awake to wee hrs (before the days) ..none of them appreciated my laughing out loud.

[@phillisburnett7747]

it was old movie when I was kid. Still watch it n laugh out loud. My kids dont get it. But my daughter in law can't understand why Alice's Restaurant is my turkey day must hear song.

[@sesfilmsllc]

Despite the fact that Grant hated his performance he excels in this movie.

[@darleneharris5157]

Cary Grant was the most handsome actor in that period!!! Handsome and funny!!

[@MsMerit40]

When they race for the window seat is the BEST!!!!

[@johnmitchelljr]

Now I got to see the best Cary Grant moments in one of my favorite moments. Great video thank you. Longest kiss I've ever seen.

[@ballad2212]

The best scene ever... "Yow! Get out of here! Do you want to be poisoned, do you want to murdered, do you want to be killed?"(falls flat on his face)

[@salvie777]

"But darling, niagra falls!" "Its does? Well LET IT" 😭 That part

[@Shepsterof92]

THIS GUY. Pretty sure if there was a movie to take to a deserted island....this would be it.

[@BeatlesFanSonia]

I loved this movie and the one where he played a husband to a woman in the army! That one was over the to top too! “I was a male war bride” I think was the name of it!

[@cathryncampbell8555]

I LOVE Cary Grant's performance in this film. He is surrounded by lunatics -- and their deadpan reactions are in marked contrast to Grant's hysterical antics. Grant's character *appears* to be the insane one, but he is reacting reasonably to a bevy of serial murderers in an unbelievable situation. Grant deserved an Oscar for this performance....

[@DropkickNation]

Still one of my all time favorite movies.

[@lian27873]

Me encanta esta pelicula!!! Una de las divertidas que he visto. Que gran actor Cary Grant la comedia le sentaba muy bien

[@ginaloverofangels]

Greg Davis, thank you so much for showing this. I love this movie, so fast paced and fun. Gary Grant was hysterical in here. It's hard to find this movie on youtube. And when I look it up usually there's only 2 minutes. New Sub.

[@snapmalloy5556]

He was just brilliant in this movie! Just brilliant

[@joseywales4180]

"I'm not a cab driver, I'm a coffee pot" 🤣😅🤣

[@thebestlayahead7331]

"I'm not really a Brewster I'm the son of a sea cook". "I'm not a cab driver I'm a coffee pot". We need more comedy like this today.

[@QueenOfTheNorth65]

I love it when he tells Peter Lorre “stop underplaying.” 😂😂😂

[@KevinR1138]

My favorite part in this film that always has me laughing till I cry is when Cary Grant first sees his cousin and says “WHAT’S THAT?!?!”. Gets me every time.

[@relodinge]

He should've been king of Hollywood instead of Clark Gable. He was the best!!

[@amyowens7050]

I agree! Clark Gable has handsome but really couldn't act. Cary Grant had it all, good looks and talent! Brilliant man!

[@tklogan111809]

+amy owens wrong, no need to put anyone down just to elevate your favorite. Grant couldn't have pulled off Rhett Butler the same brilliant way Gable did. In movies, charisma and screen presence are sometimes more important than acting, that's why Clark Gable was the KING.

[@amyowens7050]

Well in my opinion great acting, charisma and stage presence all matter! I just think Cary Grant was the better actor of the two men. Clark probably was the best choice. 

[@tklogan111809]

amy owens It Happened One Night (1934) for which Gable got the Oscar and Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) prove that Gable was a great actor who could shine in both comedy and drama. I love both Grant and Gable but in the acting department of classic Hollywood they both lose to Laurence Olivier, James Stewart and Henry Fonda.

[@amyowens7050]

I agree with you!!

[@htatpersonwhoop9687]

Thank you so much for making this compilation; I found it after finally watching the film and now I come back to this regularly. The scene at 2:50 with Cary Grant smiling makes me laugh out loud, especially when it’s so silent compared to the rest of the film. 2:36 is also a favorite.

[@barbaraedwards601]

That window seat had a lot of business!!

[@Nicolethirty4]

This movie is genuinely funny, all because of Cary for the most part. It's genuinely, naturally and rated G funny. That's the best kind... not that foul mouth crap negative comedies. You know?

[@rogueskywalker2624]

ikr

[@malafakka8530]

I don't think the foul mouthed jokes are the problem, but the lack of talent. Anything can be funny if you know how to do funny. It seems that most don't know nowadays.

[@louishamilton1710]

I hadn't realized Cary had comedic chops until I saw this movie.

[@LovelyMsJ]

Every movie Cary Grant made, it was acting at it’s best!...Whether it was comedy or drama he had the talent and the gift to bring to the screen whatever the role called for!

[@rachelgarber1423]

Cary is brilliant glad he was cast

[@thetaranmyster]

tastefully done, amazing characters

[@hendrikhinkelmann5922]

simply the best actor.

[@nancyperlman3884]

Cary Grant donated his entire salary of ~125,000$ to the USA WWII effort. That's the equivalent of 2.5 million today

[@joshuaplotkin8826]

Mortimer, Mr. Hotchkins' hat!

[@fever_spike]

Joshua Plotkin OHOHOHOHOHOHOHHHH...!!

[@DrCharRichards]

One Of My Mothers Favorite Movies And My Favorite Carrrry Grant Movies Ever His Was Cool Debinar And Very Funny The Snoop Sisters Are Great Uncle Teddy And Mortimer With His Igor Type Sidekick Are Side Hurting Made Way Before I Was Born But Like The Three Stooges I Love This Great Family Movie I Bet They Remake This Very Soon You Heard It Here First Thank You For Posting

[@mickeymousebiker1]

I agree. Moreover, Charlie Chaplin and others formed United Artists so he and other great actors could have some control over the quality of the finished product. Possibly, like Cary Grant, Chaplin saw the old studio system as a hindrance, in not only earning an Oscar, but also in having less artistic control in regards to how films were made. The same for Orson Welles. This is one of my favorite movies - ever. Best -- W

[@dakotabourgeois6114]

This was my number one inspiration playing mortemer in high school

[@deadsamson3396]

1:12 - 1:42 kills me every time

[@EmmaDaOne]

My school theater class is doing a performance of Arsenic and Old Lace (I’m playing Martha) And I’m in love with Cary Grants acting! 10/10

[@lisadowney1569]

My favorite movie!! Love Cary Grant!!

[@memorystar7261]

✴ classic Cary Grant ✴

[@ceceliawight7059]

And no music...the silence makes the scene even funnier!!

[@ceceliawight7059]

Well, Hallowe'en is tonight and my copy of this movie is packed, so I was looking for it online...just ran across this...so hilarious...right up there with Bringing Up Baby!

[@steviechan5923]

1:52 I may be committing the wrong Brewster. :P

[@kingrob8278]

fun as hell doing this play :)

[@blukmage19typeR]

4:28 Cary Grant, breaking the 4th wall for a moment.

[@tklogan111809]

All alone in the world! Well, Martha....

[@susanannsmith5566]

I've read that Cary Grant wasn't happy with his performance and it wasn't his favourite film. I loved this film and thought it was hilarious.

[@fasterpussycatkillkill8846]

My favorite movie ever!!!!!

[@bigbow62]

Another fun movie that shows Cary's wonderful timing & that makes him not only a great actor but a very unique & funny comedian ! Another Favorite: Bringing Up Baby : both he & Katherine Hepburn are laugh out loud funny ! Cary as the straight man an Katherine the crazy woman 😃😂😁😀

[@hflivares1824]

Brillant comedy, brillant actors. And Cary Grant just fabulous. Fortunately I saw this movie twice in french times ago, because they do speak like guns.